How To Pronounce Studio

In British English, studio is pronounced /ˈstjuː.di.əʊ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈstj̥ʷuː.di.əʊ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈstuː.di.oʊ/.

Studio has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.